#96 - Fingerstyle Etude In A Major (Patreon)

My fellow bassists,

Here's an etude I wrote that will work on your fingerstyle technique! For anyone who's not familiar - an etude is just a composition designed to work on technique. It's halfway between an exercise and a piece of music, although some of them become popular / well-known pieces in their own right, like Classical Thump.

Practising a lot of etudes is a very effective way to gain mastery of the fretboard, because in doing so you will practise shapes and patterns that appear in all styles of music, and you'll do it in a fun way. Do that for enough hours, and you'll be able to play almost anything with ease.

I used to practise etudes a lot with Jim Stinnett, and I can tell you from personal experience that once you've practised some scales, etudes are incredibly effective! 

Thanks so much for coming here and practising with me, as always, let me know if you have any questions or comments at all and I'll make sure to respond ASAP.

Have a great day and I'll see you in the next lesson!

Charles